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Question 418496: what is the probability of a person with one lottery ticket will win if selected 6 numbers from 1 to 30? what about 100 lottery tickets?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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what is the probability of a person with one lottery ticket will win if selected 6 numbers from 1 to 30? what about 100 lottery tickets?
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# of sets of 6 numbers from a set of 30 numbers = 30C6 = 593,775
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With one ticket the probabilty of winning is 1/593,775
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With 100 its 100/593,775
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Stan H.